Test 8 · The pet that loves you most
Jake's had a horrible day and wants to punch a wall. What does the lesson suggest?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jake, lesson · What happens: have, want, punch, suggest · To what, where: wall
This is test 8 of lesson 460 «The pet that loves you most» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: Jake's had a horrible day and wants to punch a wall.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 had | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 had | aux |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 day | det |
| 5 | horrible | horrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 day | amod |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 wants | cc |
| 8 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 had | conj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 punch | mark |
| 10 | punch | punch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 wants | xcomp |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 wall | det |
| 12 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 punch | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | Jake | day | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | want | present | Jake not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | punch not said to happen | to-infinitive | Jake not said here | a wall | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Patient |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: What does the lesson suggest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 suggest | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 suggest | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lesson | det |
| 4 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 suggest | nsubj |
| 5 | suggest | suggest | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 suggest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suggest speech: suggest | present · do-support | the lesson | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Lock himself in his room for a week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lock | lock | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 1 Lock | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 room | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 room | nmod:poss |
| 5 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lock | obl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 week | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 week | det |
| 8 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lock | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lock | imperative | you not said here | himself = he | his room | week | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |
Option 2
Find someone to fight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Find | find | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Find | obj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 fight | mark |
| 4 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 someone | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | imperative | you not said here | someone | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Topic | ||||
| 2 | fight | to-infinitive | you not said here | someone not said here | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Shout at the dog
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 dog | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dog | det |
| 4 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shout | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | at the dog | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Take the dog for a long walk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dog | det |
| 3 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 walk | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 walk | det |
| 6 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 walk | amod |
| 7 | walk | walk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | the dog | for a long walk | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent dog=Theme for walk=Beneficiary |
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